Visual Narrative Structure Reading Response

One of the most important concepts that this reading mentioned was the basic narrative categories. The Establisher is like an introduction. It establishes the setting and characters before anything takes place. This is an important part in that it communicates to the audience exactly what time and place the story takes place in and helps transport them there. Initials create suspense in that they introduce a change or action that can induce a potential problem. Sometimes, there are Prolongations where the tension rises until a sudden burst. They lead into the Peak, in which the problem climaxes and forces a change in the story. Afterwards, there is usually a Release that plays as a resolution to the problem that wraps up the whole sequence. All of these components can be rearranged in two different ways: Establisher, Initial, Prolongation, and Peak. Or: Establisher, Initial, Peak, and Release. These are all the basic components of a good narrative structure format.

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